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Is there any point to using digital musical downloads?

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
Hello, I've been looking at digital music downloads. If your in the UK at least there doesn't seem to be much choice other than iTunes, which only works with an iPod and has DRM on it. All the others I've looked at seem cludgy and cumbersome, whats your thoughts on the matter?

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Piracy.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Duh, I was hoping to steer avoid that answer :p
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Buy through itunes,

    Convert through Tunebite.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I use 7 digital.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    HMV does me fine.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Haven't bought music in about 5 years! I'll second the tunebite suggestion, good for DRM removal (including iPlayer and 4od).
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Melian wrote: »
    I use 7 digital.

    Thanks for the heads up on that :thumb:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    http://www.mp3sale.ru works for me .... :)
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Erm. there's more than iTunes. Napster for one. There's thousands of sites, but not all are legal. Even if you are paying.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Melian wrote: »
    I use 7 digital.

    £8 for just an MP3 rip of an album? That's awful... Many CDs can be picked up for less than that!

    AllOfMP3.ru had the best idea. Choose the format and bitrate yourself, the cost was based on the filesize. Shame it was shut down :(.
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